Teacher Fellowships Left Out of Davis’ Budget
Your Aug. 6 article “State, U.S. Feud Over Teachers” states that “Gov. Gray Davis and lawmakers have made teacher recruitment and retention a priority....”
This is true in oratory and fanfare, but not in practice. One example is the Governor’s Teaching Fellowship Program.
The program was announced nine months ago with much publicity and press coverage. The governor hailed it as a solution to the teacher shortage in California and a way to get qualified teachers directly into the areas where the need was the greatest. Posters are still evident at schools and universities throughout the state.
However, very quietly, the program was removed from the governor’s final budget before it went to the Legislature.
Thomas Perry
Huntington Beach
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